14 July 2016; Richie English of Limerick following his side's defeat in the Bord Gis Energy Munster U21 Hurling Championship Semi-Final match between Tipperary and Limerick at Semple Stadium in Thurles, Co Tipperary. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
14 July 2016; Limerick players arrive prior to the Bord Gis Energy Munster U21 Hurling Championship Semi-Final match between Tipperary and Limerick at Semple Stadium in Thurles, Co Tipperary. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
14 July 2016; Limerick players arrive prior to the Bord Gis Energy Munster U21 Hurling Championship Semi-Final match between Tipperary and Limerick at Semple Stadium in Thurles, Co Tipperary. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
14 July 2016; Tom Fox and his Tipperary team-mates arrive prior to the Bord Gáis Energy Munster U21 Hurling Championship Semi-Final match between Tipperary and Limerick at Semple Stadium in Thurles, Co Tipperary. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
14 July 2016; Colin Ryan of Limerick in action against Andrew Coffey of Tipperary during the Bord Gáis Energy Munster U21 Hurling Championship Semi-Final match between Tipperary and Limerick at Semple Stadium in Thurles, Co Tipperary. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
14 July 2016; Eoghan McNamara of Limerick in action against Andrew Coffey of Tipperary during the Bord Gis Energy Munster U21 Hurling Championship Semi-Final match between Tipperary and Limerick at Semple Stadium in Thurles, Co Tipperary. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
14 July 2016; Josh Keane of Tipperary in action against Mike Casey, second from left, Ronan Lynch, Cian Lynch, left, of Limerick during the Bord Gis Energy Munster U21 Hurling Championship Semi-Final match between Tipperary and Limerick at Semple Stadium in Thurles, Co Tipperary. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
14 July 2016; Andrew Coffey of Tipperary celebrates after scoring his side’s first goal during the Bord Gis Energy Munster U21 Hurling Championship Semi-Final match between Tipperary and Limerick at Semple Stadium in Thurles, Co Tipperary. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
14 July 2016; Andrew Coffey of Tipperary shoots to score his side’s first goal despite the attempts of Mike Casey of Limerick during the Bord Gis Energy Munster U21 Hurling Championship Semi-Final match between Tipperary and Limerick at Semple Stadium in Thurles, Co Tipperary. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
14 July 2016; Willie Connors of Tipperary in action against Colin Ryan of Limerick during the Bord Gis Energy Munster U21 Hurling Championship Semi-Final match between Tipperary and Limerick at Semple Stadium in Thurles, Co Tipperary. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
14 July 2016; Ronan Maher, right, and David Sweeney of Tipperary celebrate their side’s victory during the Bord Gis Energy Munster U21 Hurling Championship Semi-Final match between Tipperary and Limerick at Semple Stadium in Thurles, Co Tipperary. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
14 July 2016; Ronan Maher, right, and David Sweeney of Tipperary celebrate their side’s victory during the Bord Gis Energy Munster U21 Hurling Championship Semi-Final match between Tipperary and Limerick at Semple Stadium in Thurles, Co Tipperary. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
14 July 2016; Richie English of Limerick following his side’s defeat in the Bord Gis Energy Munster U21 Hurling Championship Semi-Final match between Tipperary and Limerick at Semple Stadium in Thurles, Co Tipperary. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
14 July 2016; Ronan Maher, left, and Jack Shelly of Tipperary celebrate their side’s victory during the Bord Gis Energy Munster U21 Hurling Championship Semi-Final match between Tipperary and Limerick at Semple Stadium in Thurles, Co Tipperary. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
14 July 2016; Paul Maher of Tipperary is presented with the Bord Gáis Man of the Match award by Daire Cantillon, age 9, from Newport, Co. Tipperary, who won the honour to present the award through the Bord Gáis Energy Rewards club, following the Bord Gáis Energy Munster U21 Hurling Championship Semi-Final match between Tipperary and Limerick at Semple Stadium in Thurles, Co Tipperary. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
14 July 2016; Limerick manager John Kiely during the Bord Gis Energy Munster U21 Hurling Championship Semi-Final match between Tipperary and Limerick at Semple Stadium in Thurles, Co Tipperary. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
Barry Nash of Limerick in action against Ronan Maher of Tipperary during the Bord Gis Energy Munster U21 Hurling Championship Semi-Final match between Tipperary and Limerick at Semple Stadium in Thurles, Co Tipperary. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
14 July 2016; Cian Lynch of Limerick during the Bord Gis Energy Munster U21 Hurling Championship Semi-Final match between Tipperary and Limerick at Semple Stadium in Thurles, Co Tipperary. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
LIMERICK were dethroned as Munster and All Ireland U/21 champions last in Thurles following a 2-12 to 1-13 loss to Tipperaary in Thurles.
Limerick, with ten starting survivors from last year’s All-Ireland final, were shocked by Tipperary at Semple Stadium in a game played in wet and windy conditions.
Tipperary substitutes Ronan Teehan and Jason Ryan made the difference as they collected 1-3 between them after coming off the bench to defeat John Kiely’s men, following a half time score of 0-8 to 1-4 at half time in favour of Limerick.
Attendance: 4,020
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Teams:
TIPPERARY: B Hogan; P Maher, T Fox, D Sweeney; J Shelly, R Maher, S Ryan; B McCarthy, W Connors; S Quirke, B Heffernan, A Coffey (1-2); J Keane (0-4, 3f), C Lanigan (0-2), M Russell (0-1). Subs: J Ryan (0-2) for Connors (47), P Ryan for Lanigan (48), R Teehan (1-1) for Keane (55), T Nolan for McCarthy (59).
LIMERICK: E McNamara; M Casey, R English, Sean Flanagan; C Ryan, C Lynch, A La-Touche Cosgrave; D O’Donovan (1-0), P Ryan (0-1); R Lynch (0-9f), B Nash (0-1), D Dempsey; P Casey, T Morrissey (0-1), Seamus Flanagan (0-1). Subs: B Murphy for Nash (temp 25-h.t.), O O’Reilly for Casey (43), L Lyons for Morrissey (43), B Murphy for Seamus Flanagan (45), J Quaid for La Touche Cosgrave (58).
